Food Safety webpages posted in 1998 --- Articles posted in 1997

1998
12,28/29 - Locate Pure Food - lots of new links to organic food.
12,27 - Link to Organic Farming Research Foundation
12,24 - Greenpeace Letter to Monsanto Stockholders
12,22 - Cancer & Over-Cooked Meat
12,21 - Australia: All transgenic food to be labelled
12,19 - Prince of Wales Speaks Out on Frankenfoods
12,18 - LEGAL CHALLENGE FILED WITH FDA TOREMOVE MONSANTO'S BGH FROM THE MARKET
12,16 - Is Cow's Milk Additive Safe?
12,15 - Chefs Join Effort to Label Engineered Food
12,14 - Food Bytes #15
12,13 - Monsanto's Toxic Legacy
12,09 - Human Cloning on the Horizon
12,06 - How can I help? Take these powerful steps
12,04 - Save Organic Standards flyer in printable pdf format
12,02 - Quotes from Scientists and other Folks on the Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops
11,29 - Monsanto under siege in India
11,27 - More than just `Frankenfood' Concern lingers over promise of `supercrops'
11,25 - London Financial Times and WSJ on EU Opposition to Monsanto & GE Foods
11,24 - Link to Farmers Market Locator Guide
11,21 - Join Organic Consumers Action
11,15 - Organic Watch Action Alert
11,09 - Food Bytes #14
11,08 - Critics Vilify New Seed Technology that Monsanto May Soon Control
11,07 - Mutiny Against Monsanto
11,05 - Link to Yahoo's page on Food Safety
11,04 - Antibiotics in agriculture creating superbugs
11,03 - Link to Common Ground Food Cooperative
11,01 - FOOD BYTES #13
10,30 - USDA Position Paper #1 on Proposed US Federal Organic Regulations
10,28 - Playing God in the Garden: New York Times Magazine on GE Crops
10,26 - Monsanto Concealed Potential rBGH Hazards from Public
10,25 - GE-MAIZE CONTAMINATES CONVENTIONAL CROP
10,24 - American Home Products' Deal With Monsanto Collapses
10,22 - Is GM Food Devoid of DNA Safe? by Dr Michael Antoniou
10,21 - Mounting Controversy Threatens GE Food Sector in EU
10,20 - Link to OCIA Organic Crop Improvement Association is the worlds largest certification program
10,17 - Siena Declaration: Crisis of the Global Economy
10,16 - EU Legislators Call for GE Moratorium
10,15 - Link to International Forum on Food and Agriculture
10,14 - UK could ban genetic crops for three years
10,13 - Link to MultiNational Monitor
10,09 - Monsanto in Closed Negotiations with the US Department of Agriculture to Finalize Control of Terminator Technology
10,08 - Whole Foods Inc: Behind the Green Mask
10,07 - Printers pulp Monsanto edition of Ecologist
10,04 - Link to Midwest Organic Alliance
9,26 - Some Scientists Fear Genetically Modified Plants Could Pass Traits to
Enemy Weeds or Kill Helpful Insects
9,24 - FOOD BYTES #12 - News and Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
9,22 - Another rBGH Health Scandal in Canada
9,20 - GE Foods and Crops Fact Sheet
9,17 - Clinton Pressured U.K. Prime Minister Blair on GE Foods
9,16 - Study shows widespread anti-corporate sentiment raging in US.
9,15 - Greenpeace returns transgenic maize to Novartis
9,14 - Link to GreenPeople - stop the corporate takeover, start our buycott
9,13 - Insurance companies fear because of genetic engineering.
9,12 -Hazards of Virus Spliced GE Crops
9,11 - Link to International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA)
9,10 - Link to Swedish site on genetic engineering
9,09 - National Food Safety Council Created by Clinton
9,08 - Engineered Plants May Spread Genes To Weeds
9.07 - Courses for activists and campaigners, Schumacher College coming up in 1999
9,04 - Greenpeace: EU's GE-label fools consumers
9,03 - Monitoring corporate agribusiness from a public interest perspective
9,02 - GE - Recent polls show that Europeans Reject Mutant Foods
8,27 - New color table category "Current Action and Upcoming Events"
8,16 - Are Genetically Engineered Foods Without DNA Safe???
8,14 - Mutant GE Potatoes Pose Health Hazards (Together with:
UK research queries safety of genetic food
Nigel Hawkes on new evidence about dangers of genetically modified food)
8,13 - The New USA Farm Crisis
8,12 - Link to Union of Concerned Scientists list of genetically engineered agricultural products
8,10 - Organic Versus "Organic": The Corruption of a Label
8,09 - American Food Giants Plan for Global Domination
8,08 - Subscribe to the Focus On The Corporation Listserver
8,07 - Globalization and the Revolutionary Imperative
8,06 - Link to online submittable Petition for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food
8,05 - Genetic Resisters Strike Again in U.K.
8,04 - Link to Natural Meats
8,03 - FOOD BYTES #11
7,31 - India Government on Alert for Terminator Gene
7,30 - Monsanto's rBGH: A Cancer Hazard?
7,29 - In Big Advance in Cloning, Biologists Create 50 Mice
7,26 - Biotech Bodies
7,25 - Monsanto targets Genetic Campaigners
7,24 - St. Louis Biodevastation Conference
7,23 - USDA goes back to drawing board on organic rules
7,22 - Bucking U.S. Trend, Europe Blocks Gene-Altered Food
7,16 - GE material from all over the world to give you an authoritative overview
7,07 - The Worldwatch Institute position paper opposing meat consumption
7,06 - Link to Organic Beans, Grains, Rice and Coffee
7,02 - Food Bytes #9
7,01 - Overuse of antibiotics in farm animals is the focus of government health agencie
6,24 - Scientists Say Mad Cow Disease May Be 100 Times Worse Than They Thought Previously
6,23 - Link to VeggieLand Vegan Burgers.
6,19 - Link to UK Genetic Engineering Network (GEN) is an information sharing network for anyone actively campaigning against genetic engineering.
6,18 - Scientists at AAAS forum question whether risks of genetically engineered crops outweigh benefits
6,15 - Food Bytes #10
6,12 - Irradiation Flyer (in Word 6.0) Print it and pass it around. Add your local contact number.
IN process of moving off geocities host.
6,04 - Factory Farming Flyer (in Word 6.0) Print it and pass it around. Add your local contact number.
6,01 - Coalition Files Lawsuit Against U.S. to Force Labels on Genetically Engineered Food
5,31 - EU GE Labeling lies to consumers
5,30 - Download our Save Organic Standards flyer (in msword format)
5,29 - EU Adopts Mandatory Labeling for Gene-Altered Soy & Corn
5,28 - Terminator Seed Sparks Controversy
5,24 - Consumers Union press release on Codex mtg. "Label GE Food"
5,23 - Sample letter to send in (for after April 30th 1998) to Save Organic Standards
5,22 - Link to Howard Lyman's new book, "Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat."
5,19 - link to Organic Citrus products
5,15 - BREAST CANCER, RBGH AND MILK
5,14 - Toxic Wastes 'Recycled' as Fertilizer Threaten U.S. Farms and Food Supply
5,7 - Dangers of Feeding Antibiotics to Animals
5,6 - 'Organic' Label Ruled Out For Biotech, Irradiated Food
5,3 - Veggie Libel Coalition Forms to Protect Free Speech
5,1 - USDA Urged to Scrap Organic Rules
4,28 - USDA Receives 200,000 Irate Letters on Organic Standards
4,24 - Milk, rBGH and Cancer
4,23 - Organic Standards: Who Really Speaks for the Organic Consumer?
4,13 - Added Magazine resource links and Natural Food Store Locator
4,11 - HORMONAL RAGE Monsanto spikes a Florida TV story about its bovine growth hormone.
4,09 - call USDA Secretary Dan Glickman at (202)720-7030 regarding Organic Standards
4,02 - Rifkin Files Human-Chimp Chimaera Patent
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3,27 - Link to Japanese language site, Link to vegan chocolate company
3,25 - Nice printing PDF SOS flyer - Thanks to David Powers, his site
3,24 - Brits Oppose GE Sugar
3,20 - Leaked USDA Memo Reveals Plans to Degrade Organic Standards
3,18 - EU Greens Scientists Slam Biotech Foods
3,16 - Organic directory link to Kettle Chips - 5 grain Yellow Corn among other products
3,10 - Link to CAFF Community Alliance with Family Farmers
3,07 - SOS! You can also write House Ag Committee -- Sample Letter -- Addresses
3,06 - Link to OTA Organic Trade Association
3,05 - Link to Cedar Grove Cheese from Wisconsin
3,04 - Link to Organic Wine Works
3,01 - Link to RAFI USA - Rural Advancement Foundation
2,26 - Cuba attaining sustainable agriculture
2,23 - Letter to protest factory farmed animals being labeled organic
2,22 - Link to Save Organic Foundation
2,19 - Monsanto's Intimidation Tactics Continue
2,15 - *NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS: THE BATTLE We Can't Afford To Lose
2,14 - (OFPA) Federal Organic Foods Production Act of 1990
2,12 - Is baby food dangerous? Green group says yes!
2,10 - Study Shows Agribusiness is Poisoning U.S. Children
2,09 - Santa Monica, CA - Co-Opportunity
2,08 - Some Questions Raised by the Proposed USDA Organic Standards
2,06 - link to Wild Oats - Organic Standards issues in plain English
2,05 - link to food irradiation site
2,04 - IFOAM response to the US proposed Rules for Organic Production
2,01 - 2nd sample letter to USDA
1,31 - Sample letter to USDA
1,30 - US Non-Organic Meat is Filthy
1,27 - Restructured Home page.
1,22 - Food Bytes #6 News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
1,19 - Please Distribute our Leaflet
1,18 - Will GE Food Feed the World's Hungry?
1,11 - SIDE BY SIDE REVIEW of the USDA's Proposed National Organic Program Rule
1, 08 - A picture of our store display - PLEASE HELP US GET THESE INTO STORES.
1, 06 - Check out new graphic used on our SOS Store display (home page) please help distribute.
1, 02 - USDA's Proposed National Organic Rule Could Destroy Consumer Confidence


Articles posted in 1997
12, 31 - Food Bytes 5 News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
12, 22 - U.S. To Subject $3 Billion Organic Food Industry to Federal Rules
12, 19 - Food Bytes #4 News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
12, 17 - SOS Campaign Press Release
12, 15 - Link to USDA Proposed Organic Standards
12, 13 - Greenpeace's GE Report 12/4/97
      LINK National Organic Program - USDA
12, 12 - Toxic Sludge As Fertilizer
12, 11 - Dioxin Contamination: HOW TOXIC IS YOUR DIET?
12, 10 - Part II. Genetic engineering biotechnology is inherently hazardous
12, 09 - Genetic engineering biotechnology is inherently hazardous
12, 08 - USDA Threatens EU on Biotech & Beef Tallow Issues
12, 07 - Human Clones are coming!
12, 05 - FDA Approves Beef Irradiation
12, 04 - LINK to: How to raise your own food
12, 03 - Legal Settlement (link to Ben & Jerry's) Clears Way For National Anti-rBGH Label
12, 02 - Trends in Corporate Accountability
12, 01 - GE -Organic Food News UK
11, 29 - Mad Cow Disease Has U.S. Cousin
11, 28 - Denmark Considers Total Pesticide Ban
11, 27 - Food Irradiation
11, 26 - Rachel #567: The Nature of World War III (Part 2)
11, 25 - The Genetics Forum calls for ban on Xenotransplantation
11, 24 - Another Biotech Disaster: Roundup Ready Cotton Fails
11, 23 - Global Genetic Engineering Campaign Update
11, 21 - Monsanto's RR Cotton Bombs
11, 20 - Cosmetic "Gene Therapy"
11, 19 - Rachel #567: The Nature of World War III
11, 17 - Biotechnology Myths
11, 16 - GREENPEACE OCCUPIES SHIPMENT OF GENETIC SOYA
11, 14 - USDA Will Propose Controversial National Organic Standards in November
11, 13 - Biopiracy in Yellowstone Park
11, 5 - UK campaigners bare all to expose genetics 'cover-up'
       U.K. Farmers and Consumers Say No! to Genetically Manipulated Crops.
        GE - Poll Finds Europeans Mistrust State And Science
11, 3 - Experts say pig transplants no problem for Muslims
11, 2 - GENETIC ENGINEERING CAMPAIGN UPDATE 10/30/97
11, 1 - Food Bytes #3 News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
10, 30 - Brazil caves in to US transgenic soya
10, 28 - GE - Press Release: Elevated hormone levels.
10, 27 - Headless frog opens way for human organ factory
10, 26 - Toxic Chicken Threatens US Consumers
10, 24 - Global Genetic Engineering Campaign Update 10/17/97
10, 21 - Gene Engineers Create Headless Embryo
10, 9 - Gene therapy disappoints so far, U.S. experts say
10, 8 - Sabotage of genetic beet crop in Ireland praised.
10, 1 - Factory Farm-Induced "Cell from Hell" Terrorizes East Coast of USA
9, 28 - Food Bytes #2 News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
9, 27 - Food Bytes #1 News & Analysis on Genetic Engineering & Factory Farming
   Fast Track, the National Commission on the Small Farm, and the Future of the Family.
9, 25 '97 EU Scientists: No Guarantee US is BSE-Free
   Grassroots Alert Update - 2nd Global Days of Action
9, 24 '97 2ª SEMANA INTERNACIONAL CONTRA LOS ALIMENTOS MANIPULADOS GENÉTICAMENTE
9, 22 '97 GE Biotechnology News
9, 19 '97 Bt Corn kills desireable insects
9, 19 '97 Canada studies test to identify ge foods
9, 15 '97 Organic Food Goes Into Mainstream Supermarkets
9, 13 '97 Rachel's part 2 of Sewage Sludge in our food
9, 12 '97 Mad Cow USA book
9, 10 '97 Organic food continues high rate of growth (PANNA)
9, 3 '97 What's in cow feed - Manure added in (U.S. News and World Report)
7, 31 '97 Link added to The Environmental Shopper    Companies dedicated to people, the planet, and all its' inhabitants!
   Link added to Sewage Sludge Homepage
7, 29 '97 stuncow.html    Slaughterhouse Killing Methods Can Spread Mad Cow Disease
   aintsoy.html    overview of g-e soy and corn Say It Ain't Soy,Monsanto
7, 28 '97 eubackoff.html    EU Backs off on Demanding that US Segregate Geneticically Engineered Crops
   eugmolab.html    European Commission guidelines on the labeling of products produced from genetically modified organisms
   giantlamb.html    'Giant' lambs put future of cloning in doubt
   airup.html    Corporations fight for Dirty Air
7, 25 '97 lamclone.html    Cloned lambs with human genes
   eubse.html    Europe Bows To UK Pressure Over BSE Controls
   eulab.html    European Commission postpones GMO labelling
   lumbcut.html    Get Mad & Get Organized!
   contrib.html    Added Senate and Congressional email
7, 24 '97 epbio.html    EP Vote On Bio Patent
   livewire.html    Live wire activism
July 28, '97 EU Backs off on Demanding that US Segregate Geneticically Engineered Crops (Wall Street Journal)
July 27, '97 'Giant' lambs put future of cloning in doubt (London Sunday Times)
July 25, '97 European Commission guidelines on the labeling of products produced from genetically modified organisms (PRNewswire)
July 23, '97 European Commission postpones GMO labelling (Reuter)
July 17, '97 USDA Alarmed by Egyptian Rejection of Genetically Engineered Crops (Reuter)
July 16, '97 Controversial plan to allow companies in the European Union to win patents (Reuter)
July 4, '97 Study Links Fatal Brain Disease in Humans to Mad Cow Disorder (New York Times)
July 3, '97 How hazardous wastes become fertilizer (Seattle Times)
June '97 McDonald's Ends Ban On British Beef (PA News)
June 19, '97 McLibel Trial Results (API)
June 17, '97 Biotech foods carry health claims (Financial Times London Edition)
June 18, '97 EU Commission Press Release on GMO Labeling
June 16, '97 U.S. Agribusiness Threatens EU Over GMO Labeling Policies. (Futures World News)
June 15, '97 Mad Cow infections spur action (UPI US & World).
June 13, '97 Researchers grew a human ear on back of mouse. services. (AP)
June 9, '97 Global religious cult offers cloning services. (Reuter)
June 8, '97 Dangers of Animal to Human Organ Transplants. (API)
June 5/6, '97 EU rapeseed approval; Co-op to label ge-products; USDA sees biotech growth
June 4, '97 Panel Backs Some Human Clone Work The Washington Post.
June 4, '97 FDA Animal Feed Ban Wash Post
June 3, '97 Consumers Union Criticizes FDA Animal Feed Ban as Inadequate
June 3, '97 FDA Bans Animal Parts in Feed. (API)
May 30, '97 EuroCommerce Warns US Grain Exporters on GMO Labeling
May 27, '97 disparagement laws A Put-Down of Produce Could Land You in Court. Washington Post.
May 26, '97 Gene-modified fish grow three times faster than normal
??? Director of Monsanto was a Government Worker Gone Biotech. (see also Apr 21, 97)
May 26, '97 This Mad Pig (CJD) Went to Market
May 21, '97 Biotechnology's Bounty Whole Foods Market sent letters to more than 400 of its suppliers
May 21, '97 Dolphin Protections are lost for sake of GATT
May 21, '97 Frankenfoods on the Increase in the USA
May 18, '97 Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) Obituary.
May 12, 97 ABC TV World News Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) Epidemic in the United States?
May 8, 97 World Trade Organization Overrules Europe's Ban on U.S. Hormone-Treated Beef
May 5, 97 Australia harvests g-e non-browning potatoes.
Apr 24, 97 Trade Unions Call for Ban on Gene-Altered Foods
Apr 22, 97 Greenpeace News from Germany.
Apr 21, 97 FDA - Monsanto Revolving Door. (see also item above May 26th, 1997)
Apr 15, 97 Austria Petition urges genetic food ban
Apr 14, 97 Prof. George Wald Nobel Laureate, Dies at 90, one of first to speak on dangers of genetic engineering.
Apr 10, 97 Luc Guyau new French president of the EU farmers' organisation says ...
Apr 10, 97 Austria Urges National Ban On Gene-Modified Maize.
Apr 9, 97 CODEX Hijacked by Biotech Industry.
Apr 7, 97 European Greenpeace GE campaign
Apr 8, 97 Greenpeace Dumps Grain at U.S. Embassy in Vienna.
Apr 8, 97 Genetic Corn Rejected by Euro Parliament.
Apr 5, 97 Chinese Scientists Transplant Fish Genes into Beet.
Apr 1, 97 Monsanto To Buy Out Calgene.
World Health Organization People at risk from the human form of madcow disease should not donate blood.
Mad Cow Disease A coalition of consumer groups, veterinarians, and federal meat inspectors asked the federal government to improve its meat inspection system.
Mad Pig Disease More research is required before pork gets a clean bill of health.
Greenpeace Report Austrian dairy company goes GE-free.
Swiss Co. Allows Chocolate to be imported.
Swiss Co. Recalls Chocolate To be sold in U.S.?
Mandatory labelling rules for all gene-modified organisms in EU
GMO's unstoppable Industry says.
Mar 20th, '97 U.S. Agriculture Dept Comments on European Union (EU) controversy with gene-altered food.
Mar 18th, '97 Genetic Roulette Failures associated with genetic engineering.
Mar 17th, '97 National Pork Producers Council spys on sustainable-agriculture organizations
Mar 6th, '97 Buyer Beware USA Today Editorial on Genetically altered food.
US - Europe biotechnology meeting between U.S. interagency team and European Union scientists and regulators.
Genetically Altered grains to be labeled. Novartis says move is key to public acceptance of products.
Biotech Firm Swiss-based Novartis to Advocate Labels on Genetically Altered grains, this doesn't mean consumer products will be labeled but provides for that possibility.
Swiss-based Novartis formed by merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz is announcing labeling of its grains plus results of their consumer survey.

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